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Reservoir Geophysics for Hydrocarbon Exploration

By Prof.Saurabh Datta Gupta   |   IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
Learners enrolled: 366   |  Exam registration: 43
ABOUT THE COURSE:
The primary objective of the course is to introduce fundamental and advanced aspects of reservoir geophysics for hydrocarbon exploration from conventional and unconventional energy resources and its further development with suitable use of geophysical tools/applications through proper integration.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG, PG, Ph.D course & professionals.

PREREQUISITES: Pre-requisite is not required however basic understanding on Exploration seismic and well log interpretation will be helpful for the audience to grab the course.

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: ONGC, OIL, GAIL, Cairn India, Coal India Limited, Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, HOEC etc. (PSU & Publica companies)
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Elective
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Earth Sciences
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date : 20 Jan 2025
End Date : 11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends : 03 Feb 2025
Exam Registration Ends : 28 Feb 2025
Exam Date : 26 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to reservoir geophysics: Definition, elements and types; introductory understanding for development of Geo-cellular model.

Week 2: Petrophysics: fluid properties, stress conditions, fluid flow in two and three dimensions, radial and spherical lows, generalized Darcy’s law, phase behaviour: P-T & P-V diagrams.

Week 3: Introduction advanced seismic study for reservoir geophysics: Introduction to multi component seismic survey and utilization of shear wave output in complementing pressure wave outputs.

Week 4: Application of 3D and 3C seismic data in reservoir studies.

Week 5: VSP and passive seismic: acquisition, processing and interpretation

Week 6: Zero Offset VSP, Walkaway VSP, far offset VSP and 3D VSP; Introduction to Passive Seismic study.

Week 7: Cross well seismic tomography and reservoir management with case studies: Use of cross hole seismic tomography and AVO in reservoir management.

Week 8: Reservoir Geophysics Study for LRLC and Condensate reservoir.

Week 9: Case studies of 4D seismics in reservoir management. Case study on pore-scale displacement mechanism in carbonate rocks for reservoir modelling.

Week 10: Deep water depositional model and exploration strategy: Deepwater Depositional System, Deepwater Challenges and Strategy,

Week 11: Problems associated with Seismic in Deep Water Imaging, Quantitative Risk for Deepwater exploration.

Week 12: Case study: (a) Deplete Clastic & (b) Case study: Sub-Basaltic layer.

Books and references

1. Cosse, R., Basics of Reservoir Engineering
2. Craft, B. C and Hawkins, M., Applied Petroleum Reservoir Engineering.
3. Muskat, Flow of Homogeneous Fluids
4. William, D., McCain, Jr., The Properties of Petroleum Fluids.
5. Sheriff, R.E., Reservoir Geophysics
6. Muskat, Flow of Homogeneous Fluids
7. William, D., McCain, Jr., The Properties of Petroleum Fluids.
8. Al Sadi, H. M., 1982, Seismic Exploration: Birkhauser Verlag.
9. Claerbout, J. F., 1985, Imaging the interior of the earth, BlackWell Scientific Publications.
10. Lavergene, M., Seismic Methods.
11. Dobrin, M. B., and Savit, C. H., 1988, Introduction to Geophysical Prospecting (Fourth Edition), Tata McGraw Hill.
12. Yilmaz, O., Seismic data processing, SEG Publication.

Instructor bio

Prof.Saurabh Datta Gupta

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
Experienced and accomplished academic portfolio on teaching and research activity with adequate knowledge as an exploration and reservoir geophysicist in Oil & Gas industry of ten years of experience in national and overseas level in versatile industrial subjects of hydrocarbon exploration. Applying Geophysical knowledge to the creative and problem-solving environment on innovative research work and use of fair management skills to achieve optimum utilization of its resources and maximum utilization.

  • Exploration seismic: Acquisition, Processing & Interpretation.
  • Quantitative Interpretation: Computational Geophysics, Rock Physics Template analysis, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir modelling.
  • Conventional & unconventional Hydrocarbon: LRLC (Low Resistivity & Low Contrast) reservoir, Gas Hydrate, 4D Seismic, OBC/OBN (Ocean Bottom Cable/Ocean Bottom Nodes), CBM (Coal Bed Methane), Shale Gas & Shale Oil.
  • Policies & Administration: Handled portfolio as per the norms of DGH (Directorate General Hydrocarbon) & MoP&NG (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas), JV Partners. Academic administration – Institute, Department, Hostels, committees & conferences.

Current Research Areas:
  • Exploration Seismic
  • Reservoir Geophysics & Quantitative Interpretation
  • Conventional & Unconventional Fossil Fuel Exploration
  • Coal Bed Methane (CBM) & Enhanced Coal Bed Methane (ECBM)
  • Shale Oil & Shale Gas
  • Carbon sequestration & Hydrogen storage
  • Seismic Imaging in Salt dome & Thrust belt area
  • Full Waveform Inversion (FWI)
  • Anisotropy

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: EXAM DATE : April 26, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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